killer290

hello i have an Ultra m923 mid-tower case.

it came with heat sensors for the CPU, VGA and the HDD.

and i want to know where to put these heat sensors exactly.

i already googled it btw and no says where to put it EXACLTY. (like show some pictures or something)

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Deviance

I'm not sure what the "wise Google" told you, but I've always heard that you should place them on the most outward corner (or edge) on TOP of the CPU/GPU, and on top of the thermal paste. Making absolutely sure that you don't lay the the sensor over one of your cores. If you think about the layers, it would look like this, mobo, CPU, thermal paste, sensor, heatsink.

My honest opinion: They're not worth it. With today's technology, the readings you'll get from software and the readings you'll get from hardware will be at most, a few degrees off. If you really wanted to use them, tape them (using some kind of high-temp tape) to your north bridge, south bridge and/or hard drives.

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killer290

thats exactly what i was asking, thnx man.

i currently placed them at the heatsinks of the CPU and GPU. :P

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Deviance

I guess that would work well too, but I would think that the temperatures would be quite a bit lower on the top of the heatsink. Just make sure you're not interrupting the primary contact surface of the heatsink and CPU (where the cores are at), just wedge it on the outter most edge and I would have to assume you'll get a pretty accurate reading.

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killer290

i've sticked it between the heatsink ''spliters'' and gave me a 10 degrees difference between the heat sensors reading and the software reading.

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Deviance

Wow. That is quite a difference. I've always assumed the most accurate reading would be on the surface of the processing unit itself (whether it be CPU or GPU), while that could interfere with normal contact surface, it would also give you the most accurate reading. I guess the best advice is take your time when placing these things (the GPU will be quite a bit more difficult considering you'll have to remove the whole fan shroud) and make sure you're not interrupting any vital heat-dispersion contact areas.

I also read about one guy putting the sensor between the motherboard and the CPU (where the pins of the CPU are placed). That sounded pretty ridiculous to me.

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